Ordering the Colonial Caribbean

_{Georgetown, Guyana: statue of queen Victoria standing of the the high court of Guyana, 2010.}

This section of the collections features a range of historic, administrative, legal and policy-oriented materials pertaining to the colonial British West Indies. It also features several sources on contemporary French Antillean 'Departments', the Dutch Antilles, Puerto Rico and British Overseas Territories.

Key catalogue subject themes: Great Britain Colonies West Indies ; West Indies British History ; West Indies French History ; Puerto Rico Relations United States ; Netherlands Colonies America.

Colonial Reports

Senate House Library and IALS hold an assortment of annual report records for the former British West Indian territories published by the British Colonial Office. They are described as ‘Annual reports of the social and economic progress of the people’ of each territory. IALS also holds numerous Colonial Office country reports. An assortment of other colonial reports from various parliamentary commissions also feature.

N.B. several territories' reports are housed in multiple locations. Where a country has two or more hyperlinks following its name, this is the case.

Great Britain Colonial Office West Indies Papers [8 items]: http://bit.ly/2uBDFji
Report of the West Indian Currency Committee [Parliament. Papers by command]. 1894. http://catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk/record=b1431499~S24

Country Reports

Colonial North America and the West Indies. Consolidated electronic edition of calendars publ. 1858-1994 http://catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk/record=b2673129~S24

British West Indies

Great Britain. Commission of Inquiry into the Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice in the West Indies. Report of the Commissioner of Inquiry http://catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk/record=b2680826~S24

British Honduras / Belize

[SH only holding in UK] D. A. G. Waddell 1963 Case study: British Honduras [Problems of smaller territories: postgraduate seminar papers / University of London. Institute of Commonwealth Studies] http://catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk/record=b3064631~S4
United Nations, Commissioner for Technical Assistance 1963 A development plan for British Honduras / prepared for the Government of British Honduras; United Nations Programme of Technical Assistance. http://catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk/record=b2443539~S4

Dominica

Dominica. Conditions in the Carib reserve, and the disturbance of 19th September, 1930, Dominica. Presented by the secretary of state for the colonies to Parliament by command of His Majesty, December, 1931. http://catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk/record=b1990148~S24

Guiana / Guyana

Great Britain. Commission of Inquiry into Disturbances in British Guiana. Report of a commission of inquiry into disturbances in British Guiana in February 1962. http://catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk/record=b1413357~S24

Jamaica

Great Britain. Commission of Inquiry on Jamaica Disturbances. Papers laid before the Royal Commission / by Governor Eyre.http://catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk/record=b2429093~S24

Colonial Politics and Governance

The collections boast a wealth of studies and primary sources on the governance and political organisation of West Indies throughout the British Colonial period.

West Indies British Politics And Government [100 Items] http://bit.ly/2tphihr

Colonial Administrators and Public Servants

The libraries feature a small body of materials on the lives and histories of colonial officials and public servants from across the British West Indies and non-Anglophone territories.

The papers of Ralph Millner, an English lawyer working in Guyana. Former president of the Senate of British Guiana. http://bit.ly/2tMO356

Papers include: Publications by the People's Progressive Party; handwritten legal notes; legal ordinances relating to British Guiana; correspondence w/ Cheddi Jagan; numerous Guyanese newspapers c1961

Violence and colonial order : police, workers and protest in the European colonial empires, 1918-1940 / Martin Thomas. http://catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk/record=b3309723~S24
French Caribbeans in Africa : diasporic connections and colonial administration, 1880-1939 / Véronique Hélénon. http://catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk/record=b3220462~S24
Law, justice, and empire : the colonial career of John Gorrie, 1829-1892 / Bridget Brereton. http://catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk/record=b2611825~S24
The colonial agents of the British West Indies : a study in colonial administration, mainly in the eighteenth century / by Lillian M. Penson. Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of London. http://catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk/record=b2442856~S24

Martinique Politics And Government [10 items] http://bit.ly/2uz6k8T
Guadeloupe Politics And Government [ 10 items] http://bit.ly/2u9gTP0
French Guiana Politics And Government [5 items ] http://bit.ly/2uIplX6
[SH only holding in UK] Burton, R. D. E. 1980 Nationalist ideologies in contemporary Martinique [Caribbean Societies: postgraduate seminar papers / University of London. Institute of Commonwealth Studies ; CS/79/8] http://catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk/record=b2978006~S4
[SH only holding in UK] J.C Giacottino 1971 Dependence or interdependence in the French West Indies: Martinique and Guadeloupe http://catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk/record=b2948621~S4

Netherlands Antilles Politics And Government [4 items] http://bit.ly/2u7shcJ
Netherlands Antilles Decolonization [3 items] http://bit.ly/2vislGT
The Dutch Caribbean : prospects for democracy / edited by Betty Sedoc-Dahlberg. http://catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk/record=b1225758~S24
Educated to emigrate : the social organization of Saba / [By] Julia G. Crane http://catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk/record=b1265727~S24

Anguilla Politics And Government [13 items] http://bit.ly/2uyThED
Bermuda Politics And Government [12 items] http://bit.ly/2viyuTt
Montserrat Politics And Government [17 items] http://bit.ly/2vBN07U
British Virgin Islands Politics And Government [29 items] http://bit.ly/2uC3UWZ

Puerto Rico Politics And Government [27 items] http://bit.ly/2uCasVB
Puerto Rico Politics And Government post-1952 (associated state of USA status) [54 items] http://bit.ly/2uCpevd
Puerto Rico Politics And Government 1898 1952 (following US occupation) [24 items] http://bit.ly/2uIBDP7

Ordering the Colonial Caribbean

Colonial Reports

Colonial Office Reports

Calendar of State Papers

Misc. British Government Commissions and Reports

Colonial Politics and Governance

Misc. BWI Politics and Government Sources

Colonial Administrators and Public Servants

The Ralph Millner Papers

Administrators and Public Servants

Contemporary Colonies and Overseas Territories

French Antillean Départements

Netherlands Antilles

British Overseas Territories

Puerto Rico